| slovo | definícia |
basic
(mass) | basic
- základný |
basic
(encz) | basic,bazický adj: [chem.] web |
basic
(encz) | basic,elementární Zdeněk Brož |
basic
(encz) | basic,hlavní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
basic
(encz) | basic,základ n: Zdeněk Brož |
basic
(encz) | basic,základní adj: |
basic
(encz) | basic,zásaditý adj: [chem.] web |
basic
(encz) | basic,zásadní Zdeněk Brož |
Basic
(gcide) | Basic \Ba"sic\, a.
1. (Chem.)
(a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in
a salt.
(b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base
atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding
in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
(c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which
exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
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2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a
relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
[1913 Webster]
Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide
by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative
or acid element or radical.
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BASIC
(gcide) | BASIC \BASIC\ n.
1. (Computers) [Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Iruction C.]
an artificial computer language with a relatively
simplified instruction set.
Note: Writing a program in BASIC or other higher computer
languages is simpler than writing in assembly language.
See also programming language, FORTRAN.
[PJC] |
BASIC
(gcide) | higher programming language \higher programming language\ n.
(Computers)
A computer programming language with an instruction set
allowing one instruction to code for several assembly
language instructions.
Note: The aggregation of several assembly-language
instructions into one instruction allows much greater
efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs
are now written in some higher programming language,
such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++,
PROLOG, or JAVA.
[PJC] |
basic
(wn) | basic
adj 1: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic
fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public
opinion occur because of changes in priorities" [ant:
incident, incidental]
2: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a
canonical syllable pattern" [syn: basic, canonic,
canonical]
3: serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in
Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic
tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: basic,
introductory]
4: of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
n 1: a popular programming language that is relatively easy to
learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic
instruction code; no longer in general use
2: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is
constant [syn: basic, staple] |
basic
(foldoc) | BASIC
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
A simple language originally designed for ease of programming
by students and beginners. Many dialects exist, and BASIC is
popular on microcomputers with sound and graphics support.
Most micro versions are interactive and interpreted.
BASIC has become the leading cause of brain-damage in
proto-hackers. This is another case (like Pascal) of the
cascading lossage that happens when a language deliberately
designed as an educational toy gets taken too seriously. A
novice can write short BASIC programs (on the order of 10-20
lines) very easily; writing anything longer is painful and
encourages bad habits that will make it harder to use more
powerful languages. This wouldn't be so bad if historical
accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on low-end micros. As
it is, it ruins thousands of potential wizards a year.
Originally, all references to code, both GOTO and GOSUB
(subroutine call) referred to the destination by its line
number. This allowed for very simple editing in the days
before text editors were considered essential. Just typing
the line number deleted the line and to edit a line you just
typed the new line with the same number. Programs were
typically numbered in steps of ten to allow for insertions.
Later versions, such as BASIC V, allow GOTO-less
structured programming with named procedures and
functions, IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF constructs and WHILE loops
etc.
Early BASICs had no graphic operations except with graphic
characters. In the 1970s BASIC interpreters became standard
features in mainframes and minicomputers. Some versions
included matrix operations as language primitives.
A public domain interpreter for a mixture of DEC's
MU-Basic and Microsoft Basic is {here
(ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/Unix-c/languages/basic/basic.tar-z)}.
A yacc parser and interpreter were in the
comp.sources.unix archives volume 2.
See also ANSI Minimal BASIC, bournebasic, bwBASIC,
ubasic, Visual Basic.
[Jargon File]
(1995-03-15)
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basic
(jargon) | BASIC
/bay'·sic/, n.
A programming language, originally designed for Dartmouth's experimental
timesharing system in the early 1960s, which for many years was the leading
cause of brain damage in proto-hackers. Edsger W. Dijkstra observed in
Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective that “It is
practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that
have had prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are
mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.” This is another case (like
Pascal) of the cascading lossage that happens when a language
deliberately designed as an educational toy gets taken too seriously. A
novice can write short BASIC programs (on the order of 10-20 lines) very
easily; writing anything longer (a) is very painful, and (b) encourages bad
habits that will make it harder to use more powerful languages well. This
wouldn't be so bad if historical accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on
low-end micros in the 1980s. As it is, it probably ruined tens of thousands
of potential wizards.
[1995: Some languages called “BASIC” aren't quite this nasty any more,
having acquired Pascal- and C-like procedures and control structures and
shed their line numbers. —ESR]
BASIC stands for “Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code”.
Earlier versions of this entry claiming this was a later backronym were
incorrect.
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basic
(vera) | BASIC
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
basic
(mass) | basic
- základný |
basic number
(mass) | basic number
- základ |
abasic
(encz) | abasic,abazický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
basic
(encz) | basic,bazický adj: [chem.] webbasic,elementární Zdeněk Brožbasic,hlavní adj: Zdeněk Brožbasic,základ n: Zdeněk Brožbasic,základní adj: basic,zásaditý adj: [chem.] webbasic,zásadní Zdeněk Brož |
basic component of environment
(encz) | basic component of environment,základní složka prostředí [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
basic industry
(encz) | basic industry,základní průmysl (odvětví) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
basic layout
(encz) | basic layout,základní rozvržení [fráz.] Pitel |
basic operation
(encz) | basic operation,základní operace (v systému) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
basic process
(encz) | basic process,základní proces (v systému) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
basic tax
(encz) | basic tax,základní daň [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
basic wage
(encz) | basic wage,základní mzda [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
basically
(encz) | basically,v podstatě |
basicity
(encz) | basicity,bazicita n: [chem.] webbasicity,zásaditost n: [chem.] web |
basics
(encz) | basics,základy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
dibasic acid
(encz) | dibasic acid, n: |
dibasic salt
(encz) | dibasic salt, n: |
monobasic acid
(encz) | monobasic acid, n: |
non-basic objectives
(encz) | non-basic objectives,podružné cíle [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nonbasic
(encz) | nonbasic,neelementární |
tetrabasic acid
(encz) | tetrabasic acid, n: |
tribasic acid
(encz) | tribasic acid, n: |
tribasic sodium phosphate
(encz) | tribasic sodium phosphate, n: |
příkaz jazyka basic
(czen) | příkaz jazyka Basic,goto Zdeněk Brož |
Abasic
(gcide) | Abasia \A*ba"si*a\ ([.a]*b[=a]"zh[i^]*[.a]; -z[i^]*[.a]), n.
[NL.; Gr. 'a- not + ba`sis a step.] (Med.)
Inability to coordinate muscular actions properly in walking.
AS [archaic] -- A*ba"sic ([.a]*b[=a]"s[i^]k), a.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Abassi |
Basic
(gcide) | Basic \Ba"sic\, a.
1. (Chem.)
(a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in
a salt.
(b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base
atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding
in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
(c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which
exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
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2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a
relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
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Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide
by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative
or acid element or radical.
[1913 Webster]BASIC \BASIC\ n.
1. (Computers) [Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Iruction C.]
an artificial computer language with a relatively
simplified instruction set.
Note: Writing a program in BASIC or other higher computer
languages is simpler than writing in assembly language.
See also programming language, FORTRAN.
[PJC]higher programming language \higher programming language\ n.
(Computers)
A computer programming language with an instruction set
allowing one instruction to code for several assembly
language instructions.
Note: The aggregation of several assembly-language
instructions into one instruction allows much greater
efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs
are now written in some higher programming language,
such as BASIC, FORTRAN, COBOL, C, C++,
PROLOG, or JAVA.
[PJC] |
Basic process
(gcide) | Basic process \Ba"sic proc"ess\ (Iron Metal.)
A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a
lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and
additions of basic material are made to the molten charge
during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called
also Thomas process.
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basic research
(gcide) | Research \Re*search"\ (r?-s?rch"), n. [Pref. re- + search: cf
OF. recerche, F. recherche.]
1. Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or
principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as,
researches of human wisdom; to research a topic in the
library; medical research.
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The dearest interests of parties have frequently
been staked on the results of the researches of
antiquaries. --Macaulay.
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2. Systematic observation of phenomena for the purpose of
learning new facts or testing the application of theories
to known facts; -- also called scientific research. This
is the research part of the phrase "research and
development" (R&D).
Note: The distinctive characteristic of scientific research
is the maintenance of records and careful control or
observation of conditions under which the phenomena are
studied so that others will be able to reproduce the
observations. When the person conducting the research
varies the conditions beforehand in order to test
directly the effects of changing conditions on the
results of the observation, such investigation is
called experimental research or experimentation or
experimental science; it is often conducted in a
laboratory. If the investigation is conducted with a
view to obtaining information directly useful in
producing objects with commercial or practical utility,
the research is called applied research.
Investigation conducted for the primary purpose of
discovering new facts about natural phenomena, or to
elaborate or test theories about natural phenomena, is
called basic research or fundamental research.
Research in fields such as astronomy, in which the
phenomena to be observed cannot be controlled by the
experimenter, is called observational research.
Epidemiological research is a type of observational
research in which the researcher applies statistical
methods to analyse patterns of occurrence of disease
and its association with other phenomena within a
population, with a view to understanding the origins or
mode of transmission of the disease.
[PJC]
Syn: Investigation; examination; inquiry; scrutiny.
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Basic salt
(gcide) | Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,
G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. ?, Russ. sole,
Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf. Sal,
Salad, Salary, Saline, Sauce, Sausage.]
1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning
food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found
native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation
and crystallization, from sea water and other water
impregnated with saline particles.
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2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.
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Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .
. we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.
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3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.
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4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.
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I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen
of silver salts. --Pepys.
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5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]
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Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing
and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.
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6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an
acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the
salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.
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Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,
it is the acid radical which unites with the base or
basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of
water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In
the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic
and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary
in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or
acid salts. See Phrases below.
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7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that
which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an
allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken
with a grain of salt.
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Ye are the salt of the earth. --Matt. v. 13.
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8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,
especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.
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9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]
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Above the salt, Below the salt, phrases which have
survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,
of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long
table, the places above which were assigned to the guests
of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,
and poor relations. See Saltfoot.
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His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is
beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the
salt. --B. Jonson.
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Acid salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt derived from an acid which has several
replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially
exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,
acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.
(b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives
an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is
composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is
an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is
a neutral salt.
Alkaline salt (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline
reaction, as sodium carbonate.
Amphid salt (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly
regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic
oxide. [Obsolescent]
Basic salt (Chem.)
(a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent
than is required to neutralize the acid.
(b) An alkaline salt.
Binary salt (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently
regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a
haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.
Double salt (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union
of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium
sulphate. See under Double.
Epsom salts. See in the Vocabulary.
Essential salt (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by
crystallizing plant juices.
Ethereal salt. (Chem.) See under Ethereal.
Glauber's salt or Glauber's salts. See in Vocabulary.
Haloid salt (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as
sodium chloride.
Microcosmic salt. (Chem.). See under Microcosmic.
Neutral salt. (Chem.)
(a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)
neutralize each other.
(b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.
Oxy salt (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.
Per salt (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a
peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]
Permanent salt, a salt which undergoes no change on
exposure to the air.
Proto salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or
analogous compound.
Rochelle salt. See under Rochelle.
Salt of amber (Old Chem.), succinic acid.
Salt of colcothar (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate
of iron.
Salt of hartshorn. (Old Chem.)
(a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.
(b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. Spirit of hartshorn, under
Hartshorn.
Salt of lemons. (Chem.) See Salt of sorrel, below.
Salt of Saturn (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --
the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.
Salt of Seignette. Same as Rochelle salt.
Salt of soda (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.
Salt of sorrel (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or
potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;
-- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also
sometimes inaccurately called salt of lemon.
Salt of tartar (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so
called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,
or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]
Salt of Venus (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;
-- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.
Salt of wisdom. See Alembroth.
Sedative salt (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.
Sesqui salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base
or analogous compound.
Spirit of salt. (Chem.) See under Spirit.
Sulpho salt (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but
containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
[1913 Webster]Basic \Ba"sic\, a.
1. (Chem.)
(a) Relating to a base; performing the office of a base in
a salt.
(b) Having the base in excess, or the amount of the base
atomically greater than that of the acid, or exceeding
in proportion that of the related neutral salt.
(c) Apparently alkaline, as certain normal salts which
exhibit alkaline reactions with test paper.
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2. (Min.) Said of crystalline rocks which contain a
relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
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Basic salt (Chem.), a salt formed from a base or hydroxide
by the partial replacement of its hydrogen by a negative
or acid element or radical.
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Basic slag
(gcide) | Basic slag \Basic slag\
A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic
process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and
contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also
Thomas slag, phosphatic slag, and odorless phosphate.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Basic steel
(gcide) | Basic steel \Basic steel\
Steel produced by the basic process.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Basicerite
(gcide) | Basicerite \Ba*sic"er*ite\ (b[.a]*s[i^]s"[~e]r*[=o]t), n. [Basi-
+ Gr. ke`ras horn, antenna.] (Zool.)
The second joint of the antenn[ae] of crustaceans.
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Basicity
(gcide) | Basicity \Ba*sic"i*ty\, n. (Chem.)
(a) The quality or state of being a base.
(b) The power of an acid to unite with one or more atoms or
equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of
replaceable hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.
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basics
(gcide) | basics \basics\ n. pl.
1. a statement of fundamental facts or principles.
Syn: ABC, ABC's, ABCs, rudiments.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. principles from which other truths can be derived; as,
let's get down to basics.
Syn: fundamentals, fundamental principle, basic principle,
bedrock.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Bibasic
(gcide) | Bibasic \Bi*ba"sic\, a. [Pref. bi- + basic.] (Chem.)
Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or
basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See
Dibasic.
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Dibasic
(gcide) | Dibasic \Di*ba"sic\, a. [Pref. di- + basic.] (Chem.)
Having two acid hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by
basic atoms or radicals, in forming salts; bibasic; -- said
of acids, as oxalic or sulphuric acids. Cf. Diacid,
Bibasic.
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Note: In the case of certain acids dibasic and divalent are
not synonymous; as, tartaric acid is tetravalent and
dibasic, lactic acid is divalent but monobasic.
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Dibasicity
(gcide) | Dibasicity \Di`ba*sic"i*ty\, n. (Chem.)
The property or condition of being dibasic.
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Gynobasic
(gcide) | Gynobasic \Gyn`o*ba"sic\ (j[i^]n"[-o]*b[=a]"s[i^]k), a. (Bot.)
Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.
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Hexabasic
(gcide) | Hexabasic \Hex`a*ba"sic\, a. [Hexa- + basic.] (Chem.)
Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being
replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as,
mellitic acid is hexabasic.
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Monobasic
(gcide) | Monobasic \Mon`o*ba"sic\, a. [Mono- + basic.] (Chem.)
Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basic
radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; --
said of acids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are
monobasic.
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Pentabasic
(gcide) | Pentabasic \Pen`ta*ba"sic\, a. [Penta- + basic.] (Chem.)
Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base;
having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a
basic radical; -- said of certain acids.
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Polybasic
(gcide) | Polybasic \Pol`y*ba"sic\, a. [Poly- + basic.] (Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several
molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms
capable of being replaced by basic radicals; -- said of
certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic.
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Quadribasic
(gcide) | Quadribasic \Quad`ri*ba"sic\, a. [Quadri- + basic.] (Chem.)
Same as Tetrabasic.
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Sclerobasic
(gcide) | Sclerobase \Scler"o*base\ (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard +
ba`sis base.] (Zool.)
The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or
axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also {foot
secretion}. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and
Coenenchyma. -- Scler`o*ba"sic, a.
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Sesquibasic
(gcide) | Sesquibasic \Ses`qui*ba"sic\, a. [Sesqui- + basic.] (Chem.)
Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a
sesqui compound.
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Tetrabasic
(gcide) | Tetrabasic \Tet`ra*bas"ic\, a. [Tetra- + basic.] (Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base;
having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases;
quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic
acid, Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid.
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Tribasic
(gcide) | Tribasic \Tri*ba"sic\, a. [Pref. tri- + basic.] (Chem.)
Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monacid base, or
their equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms capable of
replacement by basic elements on radicals; -- said of certain
acids; thus, citric acid is a tribasic acid.
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abasic
(wn) | abasic
adj 1: of or relating to abasia (inability to walk) [syn:
abasic, abatic] |
basic
(wn) | basic
adj 1: pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic
fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public
opinion occur because of changes in priorities" [ant:
incident, incidental]
2: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a
canonical syllable pattern" [syn: basic, canonic,
canonical]
3: serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in
Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic
tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: basic,
introductory]
4: of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
n 1: a popular programming language that is relatively easy to
learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic
instruction code; no longer in general use
2: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is
constant [syn: basic, staple] |
basic assumption
(wn) | basic assumption
n 1: an assumption that is basic to an argument [syn: {basic
assumption}, constatation, self-evident truth] |
basic cognitive process
(wn) | basic cognitive process
n 1: cognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing
knowledge |
basic color
(wn) | basic color
n 1: a dye that is considered to be a base because the
chromophore is part of a positive ion [syn: basic dye,
basic color, basic colour] |
basic colour
(wn) | basic colour
n 1: a dye that is considered to be a base because the
chromophore is part of a positive ion [syn: basic dye,
basic color, basic colour] |
basic dye
(wn) | basic dye
n 1: a dye that is considered to be a base because the
chromophore is part of a positive ion [syn: basic dye,
basic color, basic colour] |
basic english
(wn) | Basic English
n 1: a simplified form of English proposed for use as an
auxiliary language for international communication; devised
by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards |
basic iron
(wn) | basic iron
n 1: pig iron containing a high percentage of phosphorus; used
in making steel by a process that removes the phosphorus |
basic point defense missile system
(wn) | basic point defense missile system
n 1: a shipboard missile system |
basic principle
(wn) | basic principle
n 1: principles from which other truths can be derived; "first
you must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to
basics" [syn: fundamentals, basics, {fundamental
principle}, basic principle, bedrock] |
basic slag
(wn) | basic slag
n 1: slag produced in making steel; low in silica but having
large amounts of calcium phosphate; useful as fertilizer |
basic training
(wn) | basic training
n 1: the initial period of training for new military personnel;
involves intense physical activity and behavioral
discipline |
basically
(wn) | basically
adv 1: in essence; at bottom or by one's (or its) very nature;
"He is basically dishonest"; "the argument was
essentially a technical one"; "for all his bluster he is
in essence a shy person" [syn: basically,
fundamentally, essentially] |
basics
(wn) | basics
n 1: a statement of fundamental facts or principles [syn:
basics, rudiments]
2: principles from which other truths can be derived; "first you
must learn the fundamentals"; "let's get down to basics"
[syn: fundamentals, basics, fundamental principle,
basic principle, bedrock] |
dibasic acid
(wn) | dibasic acid
n 1: an acid containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms per
molecule |
dibasic salt
(wn) | dibasic salt
n 1: a salt derived by replacing two hydrogen atoms per molecule |
monobasic acid
(wn) | monobasic acid
n 1: an acid containing only one replaceable hydrogen atom per
molecule |
tetrabasic acid
(wn) | tetrabasic acid
n 1: an acid containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms per
molecule |
thielavia basicola
(wn) | Thielavia basicola
n 1: fungus causing brown root rot in plants of the pea and
potato and cucumber families [syn: brown root rot fungus,
Thielavia basicola] |
tribasic acid
(wn) | tribasic acid
n 1: an acid containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms per
molecule |
tribasic sodium phosphate
(wn) | tribasic sodium phosphate
n 1: the tertiary phosphate of sodium used as a builder in soaps
and detergents [syn: trisodium phosphate, {trisodium
orthophosphate}, tribasic sodium phosphate] |
ansi minimal basic
(foldoc) | ANSI Minimal BASIC
ANS X3.60-1978.
[Details?]
(1995-11-29)
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applesoft basic
(foldoc) | Applesoft BASIC
A version of BASIC for Apple computers.
(1995-12-10)
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basic
(foldoc) | BASIC
Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
A simple language originally designed for ease of programming
by students and beginners. Many dialects exist, and BASIC is
popular on microcomputers with sound and graphics support.
Most micro versions are interactive and interpreted.
BASIC has become the leading cause of brain-damage in
proto-hackers. This is another case (like Pascal) of the
cascading lossage that happens when a language deliberately
designed as an educational toy gets taken too seriously. A
novice can write short BASIC programs (on the order of 10-20
lines) very easily; writing anything longer is painful and
encourages bad habits that will make it harder to use more
powerful languages. This wouldn't be so bad if historical
accidents hadn't made BASIC so common on low-end micros. As
it is, it ruins thousands of potential wizards a year.
Originally, all references to code, both GOTO and GOSUB
(subroutine call) referred to the destination by its line
number. This allowed for very simple editing in the days
before text editors were considered essential. Just typing
the line number deleted the line and to edit a line you just
typed the new line with the same number. Programs were
typically numbered in steps of ten to allow for insertions.
Later versions, such as BASIC V, allow GOTO-less
structured programming with named procedures and
functions, IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF constructs and WHILE loops
etc.
Early BASICs had no graphic operations except with graphic
characters. In the 1970s BASIC interpreters became standard
features in mainframes and minicomputers. Some versions
included matrix operations as language primitives.
A public domain interpreter for a mixture of DEC's
MU-Basic and Microsoft Basic is {here
(ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/Unix-c/languages/basic/basic.tar-z)}.
A yacc parser and interpreter were in the
comp.sources.unix archives volume 2.
See also ANSI Minimal BASIC, bournebasic, bwBASIC,
ubasic, Visual Basic.
[Jargon File]
(1995-03-15)
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